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Comedy is quite a difficult place for queers and for women.

Margaret Cho

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Margaret Cho
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 5
Comedian
Fashion Designer
Film Actor
Musician
Television Actor
Voice Actor
San Francisco County
California
Margaret Moran Cho
Moran Cho
Cho Moran
Jo Moran
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Queers
Comedy
Quite
Difficult

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